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South America questions

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South America quiz
Which major South American city remained completely isolated by road for most of its history until the construction of a bridge in the mid-20th century?
Cali
57
Manaus
75
Curitiba
86
Maracaibo
123
Until the construction of the General Rafael Urdaneta Bridge in the 1950's and 60's, Maracaibo's only connection to the rest of the country was by boat across Lake Maracaibo
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Cities questions
What is the second-largest city in Peru after Lima?
Cuzco
297
Arequipa
219
Callao
75
Iquitos
102
Lima is the largest city and capital of Peru. Arequipa, located in the south, is the second largest city in Peru. It is famous for having many volcanoes and having the Colca Canyons. Cuzco is the 7th largest city in Peru, Iquitos is 6th, and Callao is not in the top ten largest cities.
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Peru questions
What is the largest wild cat of the Americas?
cougar
1666
bobcat
353
jaguar
1931
leopard
510
The jaguar is the largest native cat species of the New World and the third largest in the world, after tiger and lion.
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Zoogeography questions
Which country is home to the source of the Amazon River?
Colombia
398
Brazil
596
Peru
1619
Ecuador
465
The source of the Amazon River has been attributed to the headwaters of three different Peruvian rivers in the high Andes: the Marañón, the Apurímac, and the Mantaro.
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Geography questions
Which country is named after an historical figure?
Australia
167
Zambia
243
Namibia
320
Bolivia
1912
Bolivia is named after Simón Bolívar, a Venezuelan leader in the Spanish American wars of independence.
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Etymology questions
Who was the first known European to battle the Incas?
Aleixo Garcia
142
Francisco Pizarro
344
Fransciso de Orellana
80
Diego de Almagro
68
Aleixo Garcia was the first European to cross the Chaco and even managed to penetrate the outer defenses of the Inca Empire on the hills of the Andes, in present-day Bolivia. He was the first European to do so, accomplishing this eight years before Francisco Pizarro.
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History questions
Where did Che Guevara die?
Cuba
776
Bolivia
1475
Argentina
600
Mexico
331
Che was shot and killed at La Higuera, Vallegrande, Bolivia, in 1967.
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Bolivia questions
Which man was once President of Peru?
Christian Meier
37
Gaston Acurio
105
Alberto Fujimori
644
Juan Diego Flórez
157
Alberto Fujimori is a Peruvian former politician who served as the President of Peru from 28 July 1990 to 22 November 2000.
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Biography questions
These are the ruins of the most ancient city of the Americas. Where is it?
Caral, Peru
329
Giza, Egypt
45
Ephesus, Turkey
150
Ur, iraq
207
Caral, or Caral-Chupacigarro, was a large settlement in the Supe Valley, near Supe, Barranca Province, Peru. Caral is the most ancient city of the Americas ( inhabited roughly between 26th and 20th centuries BCE) and a well-studied site of the Norte Chico civilization.
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Archaeology questions
Where is Huascarán mountain?
Ecuador
457
Peru
799
Bolivia
586
Chile
442
Huascarán is a mountain in the Peruvian province of Yungay situated in the Cordillera Blanca range of the western Andes. The highest southern summit of Huascarán is the highest point in Peru.
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